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Troopers stop semi with $2 million worth of cocaine and heroin

(Perrysburg) – Two men from California are facing felony drug charges after Ohio State Highway Patrol troopers seized 42 pounds of cocaine and two pounds of black tar heroin, worth $2,072,000 following traffic stop in Wood County.

Troopers stopped a 2010 Freightliner tractor-trailer, with California registration, for a marked lanes violation on the Turnpike eastbound, near Toledo on Monday.

Criminal indicators were observed and a Patrol drug-sniffing canine alerted to the commercial vehicle. A probable cause search revealed the contraband concealed in the cab of the truck.

(Photo courtesy Ohio State Highway Patrol)

The driver, Bobby D. Robinson II, 24, of Carson, Calif., and passenger, Christopher Bustamante, 31, of Montebello, Calif., were incarcerated in the Wood County Justice Center and charged with possession and trafficking in cocaine and heroin, all first-degree felonies; and possession of criminal tools, a fifth-degree felony.

If convicted each man could face up to 41 years in prison and up to a $82,500 fine.